A N C I E N T EGY P T & T H E N E A R E A ST
The Exodus An Egyptian Story By Peter Feinman
A real-world approach to understanding the Exodus using archaeological evidence. Did the Exodus occur? This question has been asked in biblical scholarship since its origin as a modern science. The desire to scientifically resolve this question was a key component in the funding of archaeological excavations in the 19th century. Egyptian archaeologists routinely equated sites with their presumed biblical counterpart. Initially, it was taken for granted that the Exodus had occurred. It was simply a matter of finding the archaeological data to prove it. So far, those results have been for naught.
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Oxbow Books • 9781789254747 Paperback • b/w illus. • 240 x 170mm 192 pages • October 2020 • £30.00
About the author: Peter Feinman is the founder of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education. He advocates for the importance of local history in education and citizenship. Ever since he was a child he has wanted to know how Moses did what he did.
This book takes a very real-world approach to understanding the Exodus. It is not a story of cosmic spectaculars that miraculously or coincidentally occurred when a people prepared to leave Egypt. Instead, it tells the story of Exodus without reference to the Bible – as if the Bible did not even exist. It is told based on the archaeological record in Egypt and in nearby areas such as Canaan, the land of promise. Biblical passages are not quoted. Although when the archaeological data is put together it is done so with the Exodus in mind. The story isexamined from an Egyptian perspective.
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